21st World Congress of Social Psychiatry Lisbon, Portugal

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“The bio-psycho-social model: The future of psychiatry”

29 June – 3 July, 2013

www.wasp2013.com

It is our pleasure to invite you to attend the 21st World Congress for Social Psychiatry, which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, 29 June to 3 July 2013. The Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Lisbon is honoured to host this international congress on an increasingly important field of clinical practice and research.

The topic of the conference is “The bio-psycho- social model: The future of psychiatry”, will be the future of psychiatry. It covers a very broad set of issues from the explanatory models for psychiatric disorders to the role of psychological and social factors in the illness and suffering. We expect a high scientific and clinical quality of participants. We are looking forward to a very interesting and fertile meeting!

You are kindly invited to come and to actively participate in this important World Congress.

Professor Maria Luisa Figueira
Chair of the Organizing Committee
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WPA International Congress Istanbul, Turkey

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“Improving Science, Ethics, Services and Solidarity in Psychiatry”

June 19 – 23, 2013

www.wpaistanbul2013.org

During the World Psychiatric Association International Congress Istanbul 2013, organized by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), in collaboration with the Psychiatric Association of Turkey (PAT) and the Turkish Neuropsychiatric Society (TNS), besides a high quality scientific programme, a scientific research awards programme for posters and a scientific research awards programme for oral presentations, a special fellowship programme for early career psychiatrists, a photo exhibition and a rich cultural programme will also be held.
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Symposium in Amsterdam in honor of Prof Joop de Jong

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Professor Joop de Jong, the Dutch pioneer in the field of Transcultural Psychiatry and International Mental Health, will retire as Professor of Transcultural and International Psychiatry at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

On the 31st of May 2013 the University hosts a special symposium on Cultural Psychiatry & Global Mental Health to honour the contributions of professor Joop de Jong to the field.
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WPA Regional Congress 2013 Bucharest, Romania

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“Facilitation Mental Health, Primary Care & Public Health Integration for Southeast Europe & Eurasia”

April 10 – 13, 2013

www.wpa2013bucharest.org

This unprecedented Congress is a sharply focused initiative of the World Psychiatric Association in collaboration with the Romanian Association of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, the National Society of Family Medicine and the Romanian Public Health and Health Management Association. Online shopping for generic medications is one of the most up-to-date and effective ways to obtain the required treatment and save both time and money. Instead of running out of the budget by doctor’s appointments and expensive drugs, you can shop online at a much more reasonable cost.
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WPA-TPS and DTPPP Joint Conference February 8-10-2013

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“Sharing experiences in transcultural settings and practices throughout Europe in the field of health and mental health”

Over the past 25 years, several approaches and experiences for the reception and care of migrants and refugees have developed in Europe. Whether it be for physical, mental and social care, it would be very fruitful to compare our respective practices in the field of clinical research and training of healthcare professionals.

The goal is essentially to learn best practices in terms of care from each other, to avoid stigma and cultural assignment of patients.
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First International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries

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First International Conference on Cultural Psychiatry in Mediterranean Countries,
Tel Aviv, 5-7 November, 2012

The First Mediterranean Conference on Cultural Psychiatry took place in Tel Aviv, Israel. Before the conference took place, there were many protests by non-members of the Transcultural Section about the place of the conference, since they considered Israel and the Israel Medical Association as detrimental for the health and health care of the Palestinian people. The Board of the Section published an official statement stating that the conference would be open for everybody, that colleagues from Arabic countries were especially welcome, and that the conference would be pure scientific.
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WPA International Congress Prague

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WPA International Congress Prague,
October 17-20, 2012

The recent international congress of the World Psychiatric Association had much to offer in the field of transcultural psychiatry. The focus of the congress was ‘Access, Quality and Human Care’, which is an important item in the care for ethnic minorities and in International Psychiatry. The congress was relatively large with about 1800 participants, mostly from Europe, but also with 125 colleagues from the U.S.A. and even 65 from Australia. Psychiatrists from German speaking countries were underrepresented, with by example not more then 42 Germans. This is a pity because the congress offered a lot of interesting lectures and workshops, particularly for young professionals.
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WPA International Congress Prague

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WPA International Congress Prague,
October 17-20, 2012

The recent international congress of the World Psychiatric Association had much to offer in the field of transcultural psychiatry. The focus of the congress was ‘Access, Quality and Human Care’, which is an important item in the care for ethnic minorities and in International Psychiatry. The congress was relatively large with about 1800 participants, mostly from Europe, but also with 125 colleagues from the U.S.A. and even 65 from Australia. Psychiatrists from German speaking countries were underrepresented, with by example not more then 42 Germans. This is a pity because the congress offered a lot of interesting lectures and workshops, particularly for young professionals.
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